diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsimport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsimport.py
index c13b89de8..cc4759d50 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsimport.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class OpenLyricsImport(SongImport):
             except OpenLyricsError as exception:
                 log.exception(u'OpenLyricsException of type %s: %s in file %s'
                     % (exception.type, exception.message, file_path))
-                if exception.type is 'XML':
+                if exception.type == 'XML':
                     self.logError(file_path, SongStrings.XMLSyntaxError)
                 else:
                     self.logError(file_path, exception.message)